西瓜果实AGPL1基因启动子的序列分析

利用PCR技术从西瓜嫩叶中扩增出1.2 kb AGPL1基因启动子,通过PlantCARE和PLACE数据库对启动子序列进行生物信息学分析。结果表明,AGPL1启动子具有多个典型的TATA-Box和CAAT-Box等基本元件,以及高水平转录顺式作用元件5UTR Py-rich stretch,光响应元件ACE、ATCC-motif、Box 4、I-Box、Sp1、TCCC-motif、GAG-motif、MNF1,2个赤霉素响应元件GARE-motif、P-box,参与蛋白代谢调节的顺式作用元件O2-site,参与水杨酸反应的顺式作用元件TCA-element,厌氧诱导所需的顺式作用元件ARE、逆境胁迫响应元件TC-rich repeats、生理昼夜节律控制元件circadian等,为研究外源基因在果实中的特异表达提供参考。     

Antagonizing the Spemann organizer: role of the homeobox gene Xvent-1.

We have identified a novel homeobox gene, Xvent-1, that is differentially expressed in the ventral marginal zone of the early Xenopus gastrula. Evidence is presented from mRNA microinjection experiments for a role for this gene in dorsoventral patterning of mesoderm. First, Xvent-1 is induced by BMP-4, a gene known to be a key regulator of ventral mesoderm development. Second, Xvent-1 and the organizer-specific gene goosecoid are able to interact, directly or indirectly, in a cross-regulatory loop suppressing each other's expression, consistent with their mutually exclusive expression in the marginal zone. Third, microinjection of Xvent-1 mRNA ventralizes dorsal mesoderm. The results suggest that Xvent-1 functions in a ventral signaling pathway that maintains the ventral mesodermal state and antagonizes the Spemann organizer.     

植物非生物胁迫诱导启动子顺式元件及转录因子研究进展

顺式作用元件(cix-acting element)是与结构基因串联的特定DNA序列,是转录因子的结合位点,它们通过与转录因子结合调控基因转录的精确起始和转录效率,在植物基因表达调控过程中起着重要的作用.非生物胁迫诱导基因的表达受其上游启动子顺式作用元件及转录因子的调控,目前已发现了多种与非生物胁迫相关的顺势作用元件及转录因子,如DRE元件及DREB类转录因子、MYB元件及MYB类转录因子、GT-1元件及GT-1类转录因子等.顺式作用元件及转录因子的研究对研究植物非生物胁迫相关基因的表达调控具有重要意义,综述植物非生物胁迫诱导启动子功能元件及转录因子的研究进展.